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Familial May HARRY RICHTER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed March 28, 1917. Serial No. 158,163.

To all whom, it may concern:

lie it known that l, HARRY RJCH'JER, a (tlllZtll of the United States, and :1 resident of .\'llllll( ':|p0llS. in the county of llcnncpin and State oi" Minnesota, have invented cerlain new and useful IIHPI'OVQII'IClllS in Auto mobihr-Signuls, of which the following is n specification.

()ne object of my invention is to provide a simple, eilicicnt, and inexpensive signal for designating the direction toward which an automobile is about to turn.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive signal that can be displayed on the outside of the closed curtains and operative from the inside of the curtains.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide simple and cflicient means of attaching the signal to a bow of an automobile top. With these and incidental objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawin which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of a portion 0 an automobile bod and top to which my improved signal is applied; Fig. 2 is an enlarged ldetail of my signal fixed to a top bow is viewed from the rear of the automobile; and Fi 3 is a view of the signal in a closed position taken at right angles to that shown in Fig. 2.

In my improved signal I provide a pair of guardsal and 2, Figs. 2 and 3, spaced apart by riveted shoulder studs 3 and hav ing hinged therebetween at 4-, a signal 5.

When the signal is closed it assumes a position shown dotted at 6, Fig. 2, and on opening will swing from the position shown in full at 7 to the position shown dotted and broken away at 8.

One of the guards has extending therefrom a pair of tabs 9 adapted to fit around and to be fastened, by screws 10, to the how 11.

A handle 12, Fig. 2, either in the extended or closed position of the signal, is positioned inside of the how 11 and. therefore inside of the curt-airs 12 and 13, Fi 1.

.\n aperture l-i. Fig 2, is provide so that the signal may be either operated by inking hold of the handle 12 or by means of :1 st ring or chain attached to the aperture 14 when the party driving the car wishes to indicate when he is about to turn.

The signal 5 and the guards l and 2 are preferably made of suitable flat thin ma terinl so that the signal is of inexpensive construction, although positive and absolutely cfi'ective in operation.

While I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I

do not wish it understood that I limit myself to this construction, asdt is evident that the invention may be varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims:

1. In an automobile signal the combination, with a top bow of an automobile, of a guard, means for mounting said guard to said top how, a signal arm hinged to said guard, an inward extension from said signal arm ositioned inside of curtains carried on said top bow, with the signal arm positioned outside of said curtains, said guard concealing said signal in one position of said signal.

2. In an automobile signal the combination, with an automobile top bow, of [pair of guard members spaced apart, a curtain carried by said top bow, means on one of said guard members for attachment to said top bow, a signal arm hinged between said guard members and positioned outside of said curtains, and an inward extension of said signal arm positioned inside of said curtains, said signal arm being swin ble to an operable position outside of sai guard members, or to a. concealed position between said guard members.

HARRY RICHTER. 

